She is founder of the Retail Innovation Lounge, Smart Women in Retail Leadership (SWIRL); Past President, Location Based Marketing Association (LBMA) Chicago; Mentor at tech accelerators: Plug and Play Brand and Retail Center of Innovation Silicon Valley, XRC Labs in New York City, RevTech in Dallas and 1871 in Chicago. Anne Marie is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.